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Christmas Auction
Thursday 15th December @ The Oliver Cromwell.Doors open at 7.00pm and bidding starts @ 8.00pm.
The Auction is simple - you give us an item (s) - we sell it - INSTANT MONEY FOR THE CRICKET CLUB!!!!!
Popular items include wines, spirits, toys, vouchers, cakes, good quality second hand goods. You may have a skill or a trade and be willing to give up an evening - perhaps as a taxi driver, labourer, cook a meal, bake a cake, babysitting......
Well in with your local landlord? Perhaps you could get us a meal voucher even if its only for £5 - a round of golf at your club etc.etc...
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ON THE EVENING - Don't leave it up to others to turn up - come along bring the family, bring a buddy.
Why go to a PR agency when you can get ripped off right here? Whether your part of a multi-national corporation or a small business, it doesn't matter to us, we just want your money. In return we'll give you advertising space on Wiltshire's premier cricket club site (maybe).
Spye Park Cricket Club - Never
Knowingly Oversold
Fixtures for the 2006 Spye Park Summer Tour have now been arranged:
Friday 21 July Exeter Geriatrics CC 6.00pm
Saturday 22 July Chulmleigh & Mid Devon CC 2.30pm
Sunday 23 July Roadwater CC 2.30pm
If you wish to come on the tour, please complete the chit at the bottom of the Tour Letter / Accommodation Request Form and let Adrian Mercer have a deposit cheque made payable to AP Mercer no later than the 7th January for £10 per night (i.e. £20 if you are coming for the complete Tour)
21/11/2005
Adrian Mercer on Tour last year
Having booked the George Inn at Lacock for the cricket club Christmas meal, Lucinda Hughes (huggy's wife) needs to know your menu decisions A.S.A.P. Lucinda definitely MUST know by the 2nd of December so that she can inform The George Inn. You can contact her directly or e-mail us here and we will pass on your requests.
Christmas Menu
Thanks to Kayleigh Hughes (Huggy's Daughter, a.k.a. Miss Attitude) for the update.
The George Inn, Lacock (not photographed yesterday), scene of Harry Potter movies, Jane Austen dramas and now the Spye Park Cricket Club Christmas Meal.
15/11/2005
We have booked a date for the Christmas Auction - Thursday 15th December 2005, doors open at 7.00pm bidding starts at 8.00pm at the Oliver Cromwell.
Auction lots required include bottles of wine, spirits, beer, cakes, meat, poultry, promises i.e. rounds of golf, quality pre - owned goods (excluding spouses or partners).
If you would like to put something forward for the auction, please contact John Haines or e-mail us here.
04/11/2005
An auction hammer
photographed yesterday
This year's Christmas club meal will be held at the George Inn, Lacock, on Saturday, 10th December. A menu will follow shortly though the cost is expected to be about £14 to £20 per person. A minimum age of 14 has been set for the evening. If you haven't already booked, contact Lucinda Hughes (Huggey's wife) for details or send an e-mail here.
We need to confirm the numbers as another party is interested in having a table if we don't reach the capacity of forty people. Lucinda will need a £5 deposit by Monday 14 November at the very latest.
20/10/2005
The Club AGM is due to take place on Thursday 24 November at the Oliver Cromwell starting at 8pm. It's always a bundle of laughs, but unfortunately no strippers. The key talking points will be:
- Vic Hill will not stand for Vice Chairman as he is moving out of the area (watch out sheep farmers in Scotland)
- Andy Ellis is standing down as Club/Sat 1st X1 captain (possibly because nobody could understand his Brummy accent)
- David Beal would like to stand for the Club/Sat 1st X1 captain
- Rich Bowater would like to continue as the Sat 1st X1 vice captain and stand for the Sunday vice captain (providing he doesn't go head-butting any walls this Winter)
- Sal Suleman, who stood in as Sunday captain in Rich’s absence, wishes to continue John Beal snr will stand down as mid-week vice-captain (so don't expect ham for Sunday tea next season)
AGM Newsletter
Ok, not one of my wittiest efforts but consistently disrespectful none the less!
20/10/2005
Club Dinner & Annual Awards
1st Team Player of the Season Dave Beal
2nd Team Player of the Season Tom Young
Georgians Player of the season Dave West
Most Ducks (5) Rich Farmer and Darren Perrett
Neil Amor Trophy for Sportsmanship John Beal (Jnr)
Most Improved Player Rich Farmer
Best Individual Performance Tom Young (122 no v Warminster)
Centurion Tie Tom Young
Midweek Player of the Season Sean Hughes
Young player of the season Sean Hughes
Presentations were also made to Lionel Perrett and Graham Chivers for umpiring
No sooner have we wrapped up the season and we're arranging an Xmas Auction to raise money for the club. More details to appear here soon, together with name of the stripper we hope to book for the event. E-mail here to register your interest together with suggestions for the stripper.
Spye Park Aggregate Stats
The detailed stats for the whole club and the 2nd team are now available. The summary stats for the 2005 season are shown below. Thanks to Michelle Young, Helen Dolman and Rich Bowater for their assistance during the season.
|
Statistic |
Name |
Figures |
|
Best Batting Average |
Beal,D |
34.17 |
|
Highest Score |
Young,T |
122* |
|
Best Batting Aggregate |
Young,T |
561 |
|
Best Bowling Average |
Bowater,A |
14.00 |
|
Most Wickets |
Farmer,R |
47 |
|
Most Wickets in Innings |
Young,W |
8-34 |
|
Most Catches |
Young,W |
14 |
|
Wicket Keeping |
Ellis,A |
15 wkts |
Produced by Cricket Statz - www.cricketstatz.com Last updated 01-Oct-2005.
30/09/2005
A big thanks to those who were at the ground on Sunday (17th Sept) and put down 3 tonnes of loam and did loads of jobs to finish the ground off. There was lots of hard work done and just about enough people. Thanks to Jon Haines, Andy Ellis, Jeff Payne, Sal Suleman, Rich Bowater, Dave 'Digger' West, Alex Bowater, Paul 'Huggy' Hughes and Jamie Harding (albeit a brief visit).
20/09/2005
Georgians Finish on Winning Note
Spye Park beat Avebury on Saturday. Batting first, Avebury were all out for 107 after 33 overs, with John Chivers taking 3 wickets for 21 runs from his 8 overs. Spye cruised to victory, making 108 for 3 after just 23 overs. No worries about the darker evenings with this one.
scorecard
Jon Chivers (edited)-
3 for 21
The end of season stats are now ready for the Midweek team. John Haines took the most wickets and scored the most runs, and is in contention to defend his title as top run scorer in the overall club table. The smart money is on Tom Young however.
16/09/2005
We have the menu & details for this year's club dinner to be held on Friday 7th October at Bowood Golf & Country Club. The cost is £22.95 per head, and the bar will be open until 12.00 am. It's going to be the dogs bollocks of an evening so book your places through John Beal Junior now:
telephone: 0783 403 4399
or e-mail: johnbeal@hotmail.co.uk
15/09/2005
The inaugural John Rowe Cup was held over 2 days (10th & 11th September). The first round matches were 20/20 competitions.
Match1 (10 Sept): Spye Park beat Golden fleece by 9 wickets
Rich Bowater hit one over from Ben Steed for 6 consecutive 4s
Match 2 (10 Sept): Corsham beat Spye Park by 63 runs
Our reward for beating Golden Fleece was a game against the strong hosts, Corsham.
Match 3 (11 Sept): Earlestoke & Coulston beat Spye Park by 4 wickets
As runners up in our group, we played Earlestoke at their beautiful ground. The team had half an ear on the final Ashes test being played at the Oval!
14/09/2005
We now have scorecards for the Sunday matches against All Cannings & Goatacre.
14/09/2005
The end of season stats for the first team (Wiltshire League Division 1) are now available, and its a clean sweep for John & Dave Beal:
Top Run Scorer:
2005: Dave Beal - 357 runs (average 32.45)
2004: John Haines - 496 runs
Top Wicket Takers:
2005: John Beal - 20 wickets (avg 23.85), Dave Beal 20 wickets (avg 28.85)
2004: Dave Beal - 28 wickets
Most Catches (fieldsman):
2005: John Beal - 6 catches.
2004: Rich Bowater - 7 catches
Jon Beal (Senior) Dave Beal
14/09/2005
This year's annual awards and dinner will be held on Friday 7th October at Bowood Golf & Country Club. More details (menu etc) will be posted on this website shortly.
You can book your places now through John Beal Junior:
telephone: 0783 403 4399
or e-mail: johnbeal@hotmail.co.uk
12/09/2005
Lacock won the annual fixture with Spye Georgians by just 9 runs. Spye were holders of the cup going into the match, but were all out for 155 after 39 overs, having dismissed Lacock for 164.
scorecard
30/08/2005
League Champions North Bradley
League runners-up Westbury
Cup Winners North Bradley
Cup runners-up Westbury
Man of the Match Guy Tadman (Semington) and Mike Spong (North Bradley) tied with 4 nominations.
Final table
Fixtures / Results
Man of the Match Nominations
Thanks to Dennis Jones for supplying us with the information
.30/08/2005
Wiltshire League Division 1
We are all back from hols, so here's some results.
6th August - Lost to Lechlade by 28 runs - scorecard
13th August - Wooton Bassett - rained off
20th August - Lost to Purton by 31 runs - scorecard
28th August - Lost to Westinghouse by 8 wickets - scorecard
We await confirmation but it looks like relegation for the first team
29/08/2005
wld8: Highworth beat Spye 2nds by 8 wickets
Spye Park batted first and made 124 all out. Highworth finished on 126-2. Getting better, last time we lost by 10 wickets! At least we made 40 more runs this time!
scorecard
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29/08/2005
A very strong Spye Park 2nd X1 couldn't prevent a heavy defeat at the hands of Potterne 2nds. Even the bowling line up of Jeff Payne, Paul Hughes, Dave West, Wayne Young & Rich Farmer, couldn't stop the visitors scoring 260 for 5 after 40 overs. J. Down hit a century for Potterne. In response Spye were bowled out for 85.
scorecard
Losing to Biddestone is getting a bit tiresome, though the 2nd X1 made a bit more of a match of it this time. Spye gave themselves a decent chance after restricting Biddestone 4ths to 189 for 9 wickets from 40 overs. Paul 'Huggey' Hughes (4 wkts for 39 from12), and Rich Farmer (3 wkts for 48 from 12) doing most of the damage. Spye struggled with the required run rate and were all out for 147.
Paul Hughes 4 for 39 Ross Page - 32 runs Rich Farmer 3 for 48
scorecard
24/08/2005
In the absence of skipper John Beal Junior, Jon Haines led the Midweek XI into the fray against Warminster. Batting first, Spye recovered from a shaky start to post 113 from their 20 overs. Despite resolute bowling from young guns Jack Haines and Simon Ellis, Warminster reached their total with over 4 overs to spare.
scorecard
0908/2005
'Following our article on recent investigations by the US Government into the Spye Park website, scorer Helen Dolman has confessed:
"I once got drunk on white Russians'"
We are not yet sure about how many Russians she was drunk on, their names, or if anything was passed between them, but we are confident that Helen would have finished on top. Rest assured if we find out any filth, scandal or unadulterated rubbish, you'll read it here first, subject to advice from our legal consultant, Rich Bowater.
One e-mail from a reader in Kent, who wishes to remain anonymous, firmly points the finger at Dave West as the traitor..."Dodgy Beard" were his comments
08/08/2005
Helen Dolman - in red
We're not quite sure that we've a scorecard for this match, but we do know All Cannings got off to a great start with both openers hitting centuries. The visitors finished on 321-3 after seven catches were put down. The Georgians bowling wasn't great either with Dave West (39-1) and Alex Bowater (59-2) taking the only wickets. Martin Gailley (30), Alex Bowater (34) and Sal Suleman (35 not out) and Dave Baker (22) were top contributors to the Georgians total of 190 for 9 wickets after 40 overs.
.scorcard to come (maybe, with a bit of luck)
Thanks to Dave Wallace for the report
07/08/2005
wld1: Spye get hump with ump
Four unsuccessful appeals (three lbw's and a run out) enabled Lechlade to build a total that in the end was just too much for Spye, despite a valiant run chase.
Pace bowler Nick Church took 3 wickets and was unlucky not to take more, while John Beal took 1 wicket for 48 runs from12 overs, and Chris Brown took an early wicket but bowled without luck. Dave Beal (68) and Jon Haines (54 not out) performed heroics in the the great chase, after Paul Fennell (34) and Charlie Doel (23) got Spye off to a good start. Tim Bissett made his long awaited debut and also his last game of the year as he is off on holiday next week.
scorecard to come
Jon Haynes - 54 not out Nick Church - 3 wickets Dave Beal - 68
07/08/2005
Four unsuccessful appeals (three lbw's and a run out) enabled Lechlade to build a total that in the end was just too much for Spye, despite a valiant run chase.
Pace bowler Nick Church took 3 wickets and was unlucky not to take more, while John Beal took 1 wicket for 48 runs from12 overs, and Chris Brown took an early wicket but bowled without luck. Dave Beal (68) and Jon Haines (54 not out) performed heroics in the the great chase, after Paul Fennell (34) and Charlie Doel (23) got Spye off to a good start. Tim Bissett made his long awaited debut and also his last game of the year as he is off on holiday next week.
scorecard to come
Jon Haynes - 54 not out Nick Church - 3 wickets Dave Beal - 68
07/08/2005
All Cannings 2nds scored 161 and Spye were bowled out for 66 (Approx scores)
scorecard
07/08/2005
Either the Americans have developed a sudden interest in cricket or they can't spell and we have a spy amidst our ranks, as it appears that our website was visited yesterday by the US Government and the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
As you all probably know, ARPA is one of the research and development organisations within the US department of defence. So assuming that our friends across the ocean haven't suddenly given up their preference for rounders with a big bat, here's a list of potential traitors:
04/08/2005
wld8: DC's evil undoes Keevil
Another damp day and we were at Keevil again. Wayne Young was captain in the absence of Sal Suleman. Batting first, Tom Young (56) and Dave Coleman (26) helped Spye to 171 for 5 wickets after 40 overs. In reply, Keevil will were undone by Paul Macey and Dave Coleman, who took 3 wickets each. In the end Keevil were bowled out for 147 after 36 overs.
Scorecard
The game was the last for a while for Dave "DC" Coleman who is going back to Cambodia to resume teaching English and eating dodgy food.
01/08/2005
A damp drizzly day, saw a strong North Bradley team travel to Spye. The second Xl returned a better bowling performance than the last game against North Bradley, bowling out the visitors for 151 after 42.5 overs. The loss of four early wickets wrecked Spye's hopes of a fifth Wiltshire League Division 8 victory however, as they were reduced to 11 for 4 wickets. Although Dave Russell came to the rescue with his maiden fifty, the home side finished on 103 for 7 after 45 overs, some 48 runs short of the North Bradley total.
Scorecard
01/08/2005
Dave Russell - Fifty
wld1: First X1 match with Collingbourne abandoned
Spye Park were robbed of their chance to secure another important victory in the Wiltshire League Division 1 by heavy rain at Collingbourne Ducis. During a rain interrupted innings, Collingbourne were restricted to just over 200 runs and Spye's batsmen would have fancied their chances of chasing an amended total. However, the heavens opened and the match was abandoned shortly after an early tea was taken.
31/07/2005
The full set of player stats up to and including 24th July are now available. Thanks to Rich Bowater and Michelle Young for their input to the stats database, and to Helen Dolman for her scorebook.
Player Statistics Page
28/07/2005